Wendy Hornsby

Wendy Hornsby is an Edgar award winning author from California, United States, who has written a number of successful novels based on the mystery and thriller genres. She is particularly famous for writing down the Maggie MacGowen Mystery series, for which she has won many awards. Wendy says that she has always dreamed of becoming a writer and right from the second grade, she had started writing some little stories of her own. Seeing her interest in writing, her teacher named Barbara Seth, who she considers a lovely lady, gave her a copy of Little Women. Wendy became so much inspired by the character of the protagonist of the novel, Jo March that she sometimes pretended to herself. From then on, she had decided to become a writer after growing up, like the character of Jo March. When Wendy was in the 4th grade, she grew into a pro writer and began writing essays. One of her short essays won a contest in the community and helped her to earn a camp scholarship. With this success, she began thinking that her future as a noteworthy was set. Her experiences at the camp Nawakwa remained her writing pinnacle for a major part of her career. At the time of her college years, Wendy tried joining the UCLA and thought of majoring in a number of subjects before deciding to go for History.